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The Myth Of An All-Over Tan

Main Category: Dermatology
Article Date: 05 Aug 2010 – 0:00 PDT

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A consistent all-over tan may be impossible to achieve because some body areas are much more resistant to tanning than others, a study has found.

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What You Need To Know About Age Spots

Dark marks on the skin surface are commonly known as age spots or liver spots. Scientifically speaking, age spots are caused by being exposed to the sun and thus called as solar lengtingines. These present color varying from brown, gray and black. The sizes are from the size of a freckle to [...]

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Intoxicating Sunburn Plan

Even if you tan well, there is likely at the least 1 time all through the tanning season that you will get burned. Check out these fantastic remedies that may support you have through the discomfort and on for the tanning.
There may possibly even be prolonged term effects, which means you have [...]

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Skins Prone To Sunburn May Be Capable Of A Normal Tan

Main Category: Dermatology
Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry
Article Date: 23 Jun 2010 – 2:00 PDT

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As the beaches of Southern Europe prepare for this summer’s influx of pale skinned British sun worshippers, new research from the University of [...]

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New Findings On The Formation Of Body Pigment

The body’s pigment gives essential protection against UV radiation. It is made up of a substance called melanin, which is produced by pigment cells in the skin called melanocytes. According to the established theory of body pigmentation, these melanocytes bud off from the spinal cord at an early foetal stage and then migrate to the [...]

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Those With Darker Skin Might Be More Susceptible To Nicotine Addiction, Study Finds

Blacks and others with darker skin might be at greater risk for tobacco addiction than whites and those with lighter skin because the greater the amount of melanin, the coloring pigment in skin, the more nicotine appears to be stored, according to preliminary findings published in the journal Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, the

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Clue To Nicotine Dependence In Skin Color

Higher concentrations of melanin — the color pigment in skin and hair — may be placing darker pigmented smokers at increased susceptibility to nicotine dependence and tobacco-related carcinogens than lighter skinned smokers, according to scientists.

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